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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:17:48 +0200

.::'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights (AP) ::.

AP - Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:42:52 +0200

.::NBC Universal to buy The Weather Channel for $3.5B (AP) ::.

AP - NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process that had attracted interest from several major media companies.

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:52:12 +0200

.::Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs (AP) ::.

AP - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:22:36 +0200

.::Terra gets Olympic Internet rights (AP) ::.

AP - Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:25:00 +0200

.::iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan (CNET) ::.

CNET - The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday--an entire week before the device goes on sale.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:10:07 +0200

.::WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:30:00 +0200

.::Review: SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 (Macworld.com) ::.

Macworld.com - For personal organization, Apple has focused on the basics with its Address Book and iCal programs, which are included with Mac OS X. These are fine light-duty programs, but they lack power for anything more than simple contact and calendar management. Chronos's SOHO Organizer 7.0.2 suite provides a feature-rich alternative that will appeal to business and power users for whom Apple's offerings are insufficiently powerful or versatile.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:41:56 +0200

.::Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP) ::.

AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:26:12 +0200

.::Openmoko's Neo FreeRunner Smartphone Really Is Open (NewsFactor) ::.

NewsFactor - Openmoko has taken the wraps off its Neo FreeRunner, a Linux-based smartphone based on the company's open mobile-computing platform. Before you yawn about reading yet another product-introduction story -- especially about a handset that lacks 3G capability -- what sets the Neo FreeRunner apart is that it really is open, literally and figuratively.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 +0200

.::'Containers' Out Perform Virtualization For KV Pharmaceuticals (TechWeb) ::.

TechWeb - InformationWeek - With a container approach from Parallels' Virtuozzo, memory consumption and processor overhead are reduced through the use of one operating system per host.

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:22:31 +0200

.::Economy casts pall on Sun Valley media fest (Reuters) ::.

Reuters - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, Idaho, next week.

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:24:28 +0200

.::Chipmaker Connects A Wireless World And Makes It Run Faster (Investor's Business Daily) ::.

Investor's Business Daily - Now televisions, digital cameras and game consoles commonly link to the world without those physical ties.